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03 / 12 (event) What Does It Mean To Be "The Black Candidate"? Start: 12:30 pm End: 1:30 pm more info (event) Putting Sears Homes on the Map: The Mail Order House Phenomenon, 1906-1946 Start: 3:00 pm more info (event) Literature & Medicine: "Shiloh" Start: 6:00 pm End: 7:30 pm Discussion of "Shiloh," by Bobbie Ann Mason *Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare* is a discussion-based program that brings hospital staff together monthly to reflect on the larger mission of medicine through facilitated conversations about literature. more info (event) Literature & Medicine: "Shiloh" Start: 6:00 pm End: 7:30 pm Discussion of "Shiloh," by Bobbie Ann Mason. *Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare* is a discussion-based program that brings hospital staff together monthly to reflect on the larger mission of medicine through facilitated conversations about literature. more info (event) What Does It Mean To Be "The Black Candidate"? Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm more info (event) Lincoln, Slavery, and the Legacy of Race Start: 7:00 pm *A Road Scholar Program by Ron Keller* more info (event) An Encounter with Bertha Palmer Start: 7:00 pm more info
03 / 13 (event) Just What is American Food? Cookbooks and American Cultural Identity Start: 10:30 am *A Road Scholar Program by Penelope Bingham* more info (event) Literature & Medicine: "The Spirit Catches You" Start: 5:00 pm End: 6:30 pm Discussion of 'The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,' by Anna Fadiman. more info (event) What Does It Mean To Be "The Black Candidate"? Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm more info (event) What Does It Mean To Be "The Black Candidate"? Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm more info (event) An Introduction to Irish Music Start: 7:00 pm *A Road Scholar Program by Bryan Kelso Crow* more info (event) SAFE House Public Reading Start: 7:30 pm Members of the men's reading group at SAFE House (Substance Abuse Free Environment), a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, will give a public reading of their original poetry and short stories. more info
03 / 14 (event) What Does It Mean To Be "The Black Candidate"? Start: 5:00 pm End: 6:00 pm more info
03 / 15 (event) "Ten Sisters: A True Story" Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Screening of "Ten Sisters" at the 4th Annual Illinois History Video Fair. The film is a documentary on the 10 Waggoner girls. At the request of the county court, the girls were taken from their parents and each of them sent to a different residence in 1942. more info (event) Civic Cinema: King Corn Start: 1:00 pm End: 3:00 pm Join us for a screening of the critically-acclaimed documentary King Corn, followed by a thought-provoking discussion about the availability and sustainability of food in modern culture. more info (event) The Odyssey Project: Southside Basic Course Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm *The Odyssey Project* is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level. Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit. Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University. Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities. This course meets on Mondays and Thursdays. Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule. more info
03 / 16 (event) Story Week Festival of Writers 2008: Stories Without Borders, ''2nd Story'' Start: 7:00 pm 'Second Story' is a hybrid performance incorporating storytelling, sound effects, and music. Between readings, audience members tell each other stories. more info
03 / 17 (event) Story Week Festival of Writers 2008: Faculty Readings Start: 11:00 am Readings by part-time Columbia College Faculty members. more info (event) Story Week Festival of Writers Start: 2:30 pm Open Mic readings by Columbia College's fiction writing department faculty. more info (event) Roots of Rural Music Start: 7:00 pm *A Road Scholar Program by Chris Vallillo* more info (event) Literature & Medicine: "The Giant O'Brien," by Hilary Mantel Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Discussion of 'The Giant O'Brien,' by Hilary Mantel. *Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare* is a discussion-based program that brings hospital staff together monthly to reflect on the larger mission of medicine through facilitated conversations about literature. more info
03 / 18 (event) Story Week Festival of Writers 2008: Undergraduate Readings Start: 11:00 am Open mic readings by Fiction Writing Department undergraduates. more info (event) What's the Deal with the Veil? Women in the Islamic World Start: 1:00 pm *A Road Scholar program by Farhat Haq* more info (event) Story Week Festival of Writers Start: 2:30 pm Conversation with authors Aimee Bender ('Girl in the Flammable Skirt') and Cristina Garcia, ('Dreaming in Cuban.') more info (event) The Odyssey Project: Southside Basic Course Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm *The Odyssey Project* is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level. Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit. Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University. Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities. This course meets on Mondays and Thursdays. Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule. more info (event) Story Week Festival of Writers 2008 Featuring Aimee Bender Start: 6:00 pm Readings and conversation with authors Aimee Bender ('Willful Creatures') and Cristina Garcia ('A Handbook to Luck'). Book signings will follow. more info (event) Illinois Women and the Winning of Women's Suffrage Start: 7:00 pm *A Road Scholar Program by Leslie Goddard* more info (event) The Cook County Tax Hike: Needless or Necessary? Start: 7:30 pm End: 8:30 pm more info (event) Story Week Festival of Writers 2008: Open Mic Readings Start: 9:30 pm Open Mic Readings by Columbia Writing Graduate Students more info
03 / 19 (event) Story Week Festival of Writers 2008: Publishing Bootcamp Start: 8:30 am more info (event) Story Week Festival of Writers 2008: Beyond the Bookstore: Guerrilla Marketing Start: 11:00 am more info (event) The Cook County Tax Hike: Needless or Necessary? Start: 12:30 pm End: 1:30 pm more info (event) Story Week Festival of Writers 2008: Author Panel Start: 2:30 pm more info (event) The Cook County Tax Hike: Needless or Necessary? Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm more info

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